Song: It Was a Good Day Artist: Ice Cube Year: 1993 As an 11 year old boy quietly living a gentle existence in the meek Bristolian suburbs of Stoke Lodge, it was only a matter of time before the chronic… Continue Reading
Produced by Ferment, a developmental project of theatre makers based at Bristol Old Vic, “The Window” is a 60 minute performance that explores aging, loneliness and societal obligations in a modern world where the concept of “community” often merely evokes… Continue Reading
Song: She Bangs The Drums Artist: The Stone Roses Year: 1989 For those concerned with the well-being of British guitar music, the summer of 1989 was the domain not just of glorious 25-30 degree temperatures but of a redoubtable Madchester… Continue Reading
Song: It’s Cold OutsideArtist: The ChoirYear: 1966 Though it is often considered to be a classic of the garage rock era, The Choir’s “It’s Cold Outside” exists as something separate from the raw, fuzzbox aggression usually associated with the genre’s… Continue Reading
As many party-going Bristol folk will already know, electronic cigarette brand Blu eCigs along with Bristol’s very own Crack Magazine co-hosted an exclusive and electrifying free party featuring Erol Alkan, Prins Thomas and Pardon My French at The Old Crown… Continue Reading
Song: James BrownArtist: Nancy DupreeYear: 1969 As a music teacher in New York State, Nancy Dupree soon grew tired of the songs that she was expected to teach her young protégés at Rochester School No. 4; as a result Dupree,… Continue Reading
When, after the fey slowness of her opening track, Canadian songstress Gianna Lauren dubs her role at The Canteen as simply to provide “afternoon lullabies during your Sunday roast,” it is as apt a phrase to describe her delicate, half… Continue Reading
With the anniversary of his birth sharing a 2014 centenary with the outbreak of World War One, Dylan Thomas tributes were, of course, always going to be rather lost within the importance of such commemorations. Thomas, though, is viewed by… Continue Reading